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Stress screening, highly accelerated stress screening, and burn-in are expensive activities to avoid. Yet stress screening does have a valuable purpose in specific circumstances. Let’s talk about when and why you may conduct stress screening.
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When there is unplanned downtime and repeating failures in the plant, that means you are not managing your assets in the right way. Asset management can be used to enhance the value of a piece of equipment. So what is asset management? It is simply a process to make sure you get the value that you want from your machines. The idea is not just to get value in terms of money. It is about making sure that your equipment is in the optimum conditions and is running when you really need it to. This is something you can’t do without asset management.
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Chris and Fred discussing why customers keep coming back to some brands but not others … particular because of things like reliability.
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I give you 6 tips on how to engage people and build a reliability culture so you can progress on your reliability journey. I hope you enjoy it! ᐅ Play Episode
In today’s episode, I break down how you can start using machine learning without needing a data scientist or without knowing how to code Python or R. Check it out! ᐅ Play Episode
I sit down and have a great discussion about Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and how to apply them at your site with Blair Fraser, a digital transformation leader from Lakeside Process Controls. ᐅ Play Episode
Sanya Mathura joins me to talk about her experience in reliability in the Caribbean, root cause analyses, oil analysis and lubrication. Check it out! ᐅ Play Episode
My guest today is Dr. Liam LaTouche, ND. He helps me understand how to eat healthy on the go and while on the road. You can get more information from Dr. LaTouche atwww.liamlatouche.com (for personal use) orwww.thriveworkplacewellness.com (for corporate use). ᐅ Play Episode
Chris and Fred discuss some of the challenges and issues faced by companies developing a ‘brand new’ product.
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When you deal with machines on daily basis, machine failures are bound to happen. But what if these failures keep occurring? Wouldn’t you get tired and want a solution for these problems? This is why root cause analysis is so important in an organization. The basic idea of RCA is to know the reason behind the occurrence of a failure and then finding a solution to reduce a risk—certain or uncertain—in a cost-effective manner. You can’t just rely on a single approach all the time because it might not be applicable to your problem.
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Kirk and Ryan Wanger discussing reliability in pinball machines and the challenge of keeping his many pinball machines operational in the field.
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Kirk and Fred discuss the continued use of prediction models in reliability engineering, such as MIL-HDBK 217F or any other models based on the 217 which is last revised in 1995.
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There are certain things in the reliability and maintenance industry that are made easier with the help of technology. Condition monitoring is one of those processes that is effective due to the use of ultrasound technology. Usually, the ultrasound is used to clean different machine parts using high frequency powered waves. The type that is used in the maintenance industry makes it far more efficient when it comes to listening to the sound of the machines. They are constantly monitoring a machine to listen for any weird sounds that are the indication of a future failure.
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Kirk and Fred discussing the benefits and limits of using HALT for finding issues with cables and connectors, and common cause for many failures or intermittent operation in electronic hardware.
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Adam and Fred discussing how to improve a product that is developed with a contract manufacturer (CM)
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